A Scott memorial obelisk in Norway.

A letter appeared in the April 28, 1966 issue of Country Life that, in part, read: "Close to the station, on the shore of Lake Finse, there is a little-known monument to Scott, which takes the form of a rough-hewn granite obelisk. This was raised to commemorate his connection with the locality--for it was at Finse, on the Oslo-Bergen [railroad] line, that the heroic explorer and his companions trained and prepared themselves prior to their thrust into the great white continent." The district was apparently a popular testing ground for polar explorers for it was also here that Shackleton tested his air-propelled sledge and motor crawler in May of 1914. He also "put the new round tents to a severe test. . ." (The Fishers, Shackleton, page 317).
Arne Storhaug, manager of the hotel at Finse, reports that the inscription on the five meter high obelisk reads: "Reist av nordmend 1914 til &aeligre for arktisk forsker&aringnd og heltemot" [in English: Erected by Norwegians in 1914 in honour of the spirit of the polar research and of great heroism.] The names of the polar party--Scott, Wilson, Oates, Bowers and Evans--apparently also appear on the obelisk, which is in good condition and stands in front of the the hotel entrance.